- (also palm tree)a straight tree with a mass of long leaves at the top, growing in tropical countries. There are several types of palm tree, some of which produce fruit.
- a date palm
- a coconut palm
- palm leaves/fronds/groves
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coconut
- date
- oil
- …
- tree
- branch
- frond
- …
- the inner surface of the hand between the wrist and the fingers
- He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.
- sweaty palms
- to read somebody’s palm (= to say what you think will happen to somebody by looking at the lines on their palm)
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb2- He rubbed his palms against his jeans.
- He showed me the coins in his palm.
- He spread his palms in a gesture of openness.
- He took her hand between his palms and squeezed it.
- His right palm was resting against my neck.
- Hold out your arms with the palms facing downwards.
- She held out her hand to me, palm up.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soft
- sweaty
- warm
- …
- hold up
- raise
- extend
- …
- sweat
- face
- rest
- …
- reader
- reading
- …
- against your palms
- between your palms
- in your palm
- …
Word Originnoun sense 2 Old English palm(a), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch palm and German Palme, from Latin palma ‘palm (of a hand)’, its leaf being likened to a spread hand. noun sense 1 Middle English: from Old French paume, from Latin palma. Current senses of the verb date from the late 17th cent.
Idioms
See palm in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycross somebody’s palm with silver
- to give somebody money so that they will do you a favour, especially tell your fortune
grease somebody’s palm
- (old-fashioned, informal) to give somebody money in order to persuade them to do something dishonest synonym bribe
have somebody in the palm of your hand
- to have complete control or influence over somebody
- Even before he plays a note, he has the audience in the palm of his hand.
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